Darryl Terrel manages Eastside Service Gas Station on the Lower East Side. Business has suffered lately. On Wednesday, the price of gas exceeded $4.30 per […]
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CPI Expected to RIse for Third Straight Month
Over the last couple of months Americans have gotten used to the fact that dishing out a little more cash has become a common occurrence […]
Retail Sales Start to Run out of Fuel
Retail sales are expected to show modest gains for the month of March, as the rise in gasoline prices has slowed further growth. As a […]
Higher Exports in February May Narrow the Trade Deficit
The trade deficit likely narrowed in February due to growth in exports. A consensus survey of 71 estimates show a median trade gap of $44 […]
Supply Anxiety Drives Strong March Auto Sales
Toyota salesman Mitch Schechter made good money selling Prius hybrids in March, but he stands to make a killing in April. The Prius is one […]
U.S. Farmers Rapidly Losing Market Share in Panama
For American farmers, the pending trade agreement with Panama is no longer about potential gains but about preventing the loss of existing export markets. Since […]
Is Foregin Inflation Affecting Americans?
Lately Americans have been experiencing a whole lot of pain. Crippling prices at the pumps, pain at the grocery store and more recently a new […]
Can Anything Slow Online Retail Sales?
Edwin Long is a self-proclaimed video game junkie. Long, a 26-year-old store clerk, has purchased more than 50 brand new games over the past year. […]
A Good Indicator of Growth
The latest jobs numbers show that nonfarm payrolls rose by 216,000 in March and the private sector added 230,000 jobs. “Any monthly job gain over […]
Signs of Life in the Job Market
Amy Berson-Sayers has been unemployed since March of 2008. She recently admitted that shortly after her 99 weeks of unemployment benefits ran out, she stopped […]